Warning! This is just sad. If you're looking for pretty pictures, go away; come back tomorrow.
On the beach the other day, I met friends who took me to see a baby dolphin, dead, cast up on the shore. Fresh, but already more than half eaten.
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The entire tail end was gone, with only the internal organs remaining intact. From nose to base of flipper, he measured 11 inches. Still a baby.
What could have done this? That's a clean cut, with only a couple of Vs. He almost looks butchered. Not bitten.
Maybe the question should be re-worded: Who could have done this? Why?
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Unos amigos encontraron este delfín pequeñito tirado muerto en la playa. Toda la parte posterior ha desaparecido. Pero parece trabajo de un carnicero, no de animales reduciéndolo a mordiscos. Las cortes son regulares, limpios. Y los órganos interiores están intactos.
¿Qué, o mejor, quién habrá hecho esto? ¿Y porqué?
was DFO contacted?
ReplyDeleteI phoned them just now, left a message. They're closed for today.
DeleteMy bet is on orcas.
ReplyDeleteWould they make a clean bite like that?
DeleteSomehow sad regardless of reason, even if natural.
ReplyDeleteDepartment of Fisheries and Oceans staff person said it was possibly, from my description, a propeller cut.
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